Taxi

Pronunciation: /ˈtæksiː/

Taxi (noun)

  1. A car with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere.

Examples

  • She hailed a taxi to get to the airport.
  • They waited for a taxi outside the hotel.

Common collocations: hail a taxi, taxi fare, taxi driver, taxi slowly, taxi to the gate

Taxi (verb)

  1. To move slowly on the ground, especially an airplane before takeoff or after landing.

Examples

  • The plane began to taxi to the runway.
  • We watched the aircraft taxi along the tarmac.

Synonyms of Taxi

Neutral

Informal